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The Impact of a Health Professions Education Program on Concussion Management: A Multi-Methods Study of ECHO Concussion [Neurologic illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Concussion management is complex: variable onset of symptoms, urban/rural disparities, and the many professionals involved in case management. ECHO Concussion was launched in 2019 to teach clinicians a comprehensive approach to concussion diagnosis and management.

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Lupus Emergencies in Children and Adolescents

PEMBlog

Laboratory Findings: Elevated LDH Low haptoglobin Positive Coombs test Cytopenias Treatment: First-line: High-dose corticosteroids Adjunct: IVIg for thrombocytopenia Refractory: Rituximab Pearls: Evans syndrome or isolated ITP may precede SLE diagnosis. DVT symptoms or syncope may precede PE diagnosis. Nature Reviews. Rheumatology.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

Most children who present to Pediatric Emergency Departments these days with mental health concerns – including agitation – have a known psychiatric problem or diagnosis. Collaborative Care in the Identification and Management of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults. We have developed a series of pain focused episodes.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. The role of lifestyle and dietary modifications in management. Management of gastritis and the consideration of Helicobacter pylori infection. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

And yet we’re also in a different place in diabetes monitoring and management. Should we use Ozempic (if we can find it) in patients with serious illness, which often results in undesirable and profound weight loss? Eric: And you can probably tell already, the topic at hand is diabetes management in late life. Happy to be here.

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How frustrating work environment affects empathy in resident doctors?

Tiny Physician

3], it was found that the resident doctors have to do multiple works simultaneously during their shifts and there had been multiple interruptions while doing each task which could result in errors in patient management. This may result in errors in the diagnosis of the patient whom the doctor was examining initially.

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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

And they should be forced by doing research, followed by translating research into practice and continued education of a wide variety of individuals to then care for our aging population. And I think that there is room for shortening the duration if your patient is non-immunocompromised and not severely ill.